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- Title: Substantial Unity and Living Things in Aristotle (Report)
- Author : APIERON
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 221 KB
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I It is well attested that Aristotle identifies living things, such as animals and plants within the sublunary region, as the paradigm instances of substances. (1) From the standpoint of unity, they are more unified than non-living things such as heap-like elements (2) (earth, water, air, and fire) and artificial products (3) (like beds and houses). Rather, living organisms are the most unified things. Thus, if we appeal to unity as the criterion of substantiality, it would seem that all living organisms turn out to be substances. As a matter of fact, this view has been endorsed by many commentators. (4)
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